Hey pals, hope everyone’s been well. I haven’t been on the site because I am busy, but I’ve been told by a comrade that this reading list should be shared here. I have plenty of other recommendations of course, but this is just a brief introductory syllabus for getting started.
Caliban and the Witch - Silvia Federici
The Selected Works of Nadhezdha Krupskaya
Assata Taught Me - Donna Murch
Abolition Feminisms - Alisa Bierria, Jakeya Caruthers, Brooke Lober
Philosophical Trends in The Feminist Movement - Anuradha Ghandy
The Women Incendiaries - Edith Thomas
Women’s Liberation and the Dialectics of Revolution Reaching for the Future - Raya Dunayevskaya
The Second Sex - Simone de Beauvoir
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective - Keenga-Yamahtta Taylor
Assata: An Autobiography - Assata Shakur
The Essential Rosa Luxemburg
Selected Writings - Clara Zetkin
Border and Rule - Harsha Walia
Captive Genders
We Do This 'Til We Free Us - Miriame Kaba
The Women’s Revolution - Judy Cox
Black Feminist Thought - Patricia Hill Collins
Abolition. Feminism. Now. - Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners, Beth E. Richie
Revolution, She Wrote - Clara Fraser
The Political Economy of Women’s Liberation - Margaret Benson
Gender Trouble - Judith Butler
As We Have Always Done - Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Transgender Marxism - Jules Joanne Gleeson and Elle O’Rourke
Women and Economics - Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Power of Women and the Subversion of the Community - Mariarosa Dalla Costa and Selma James
To Be a Water Protector - Winona LaDuke
Women, Race, and Class - Angela Y. Davis
Reproductive Rights and Wrongs - Betsy Hartmann
Take care and remember that all the theory in the world doesn’t mean shit without praxis <3
I’m fairly new to Intersectionality and Feminism in Marxism. I assume some of these texts are easier than others, which books do you suggest for a more 101 understanding? Thanks!
Caliban and the Witch (about the creation of woman as an exploited class with the transition to capitalism); Border and Rule (about the militarization of borders and the leveraging of racist nationalism to exploit migrant labour which disproportionately impacts women); We Do This 'Til We Free Us (collection of Mariame Kaba’s essays on prison abolition, which is an essential part of women’s liberation); Abolition. Feminism. Now (another collection of essays on abolition, this one specifically about the way it ties into feminism and how the two are inextricably linked); How We Get Free (interviews with the founders of the Combahee River Collective about the early Black Feminist movement and its socialist roots) are the top I’d recommend from this list for very starters: they’re relatively quick to read, engaging, and aren’t heavy on pre-required reading so you won’t feel lost or like you’re missing essential background
Thanks for the suggestions, I feel like Caliban and the Witch may be my best bet because I prefer finishing a book all the way rather than starting multiple ones, I’ll find it now, thanks 😊
Omg I love you for this, comrade, I spent like 20 min searching for it on audiobook and I am much more into digital copy, you rock!
Just passing by to say that it’s good to see an update of you. I always appreciate your contributions.
I’m glad to see you back here! and thanks for the cool list, i haven’t read most of these.
brief introductory syllabus for getting started
I’m slightly scared to ask how many books you’ve read about this
(the list is appreciated)
